QUICKIE CORNBREAD
  If you're in a big hurry, you can do stovetop cornbread by using an nonstick omelet pan. Simply spray the pan with nonstick cooking spray  and pour in your batter. Cook on low heat until you see the edges browning and the center beginning to bubble and thicken. Slide a silicone or plastic spatula underneath the cornbread cake to carefully lift it from the pan. Turn it to the other side and let it cook a few more minutes on low heat, and you're done! Saves heating up an entire oven and it's much quicker than the oven method.

SEASON AN IRON SKILLET?

   Unless you "inherited" a well-seasoned iron skillet, you're going to need to know how to "season" any new or rarely used one so that everything you put in it doesn't tend to stick. Set your oven to 400; rub enough cooking oil into the skillet to fully coat the inside. Use a paper towel to wipe it so that it's merely coating, not oozing oil. Pop it in the oven and allow it heat until the oil is lightly smoking - watch it carefully! Remove it; let it cool down; and then pour a generous amount of salt into the skillet. Rub in the salt; then wipe the skillet clean with another paper towel. It's ready to use.

  Once you start using the pan, the trick is NOT to ever soak it in water. Most chefs recommend NEVER washing iron skillets - just wipe them clean after each use. However, I'm not too big on that idea. I wash mine, but I do so by hand and never use any kind of metal scouring pad on it. I also immediately dry it. And I occasionally re-season it just to make sure it doesn't starting allowing food to stick.

Just Hang 'em!

  Reduce or eliminate wrinkles in your table dressings by using a multi-hanger (the kind you buy for skirts, etc.) to store tablecloths, placemats, and napkins.

 WHAT A DRIP!

A REAL MEAL DEAL

  Take advantage of the great budget-priced fast food menus and still eat more healthy? It can be done! Order a burger or chicken sandwich with nothing – just bread and meat; a baked potato; and a side salad.  Take your meal home, remove the hamburger or chicken patty from the bread and serve it as your meat; lightly butter the bun and toast it as your bread serving.  And presto! A great meal for around three bucks, or dinner for a family of four for about $12.  Not bad!

ARE YOUR FEET "ATHLETIC?" 

  If you're one of the jillions of folks who suffer from athlete's foot, summer's hot weather probably makes your problem worse.  Here are a few simple tips to help minimize your outbreaks:  

 (1) Athlete's foot thrives in dampness, so cut down on anything that causes your feet to sweat.  Don't go sockless (or hoseless) if you're wearing an enclosed or mostly enclosed shoe.

(2) Avoid synthetic shoe materials such as plastic, vinyl, and "fake" leather - stick with real leather or canvas - your feet sweat more in non-natural fibers.

(3) Opt for a sandal or other open shoe whenever possible.

(4) Don't keep wearing the same shoes or sandals over and over.  Give your shoes an occasional day to air in the sun.

(5) Lightly spray the insides of your shoes with disinfectant spray (such as Lysol) between wearings.  Never put the shoes on until this is thoroughly dry; discontinue or switch disinfectants if you notice it causing your feet irritation.  

(6) Use powder to help keep your feet dry.

  When two or people are engaged in a scheme – especially an underhanded one – they are often said to be in cahoots with each other or one another.  What’s up with that?  Apparently the word cahoots is a derivation of the French word cahute, which means “a small hut or cabin.”  People who lived in one of these were most assuredly in very close quarters.  So, people who are in cahoots with one another are in a tight-knit partnership of one sort or another.

“For in [Christ] the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily, and you have been filled by Him…the Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ…” (Colossians 2:9-10 and Romans 8:16-17, Holman Christian Standard)

  The one partnership we certainly don’t want to miss out on is Christ’s invitation to eternal life.  By accepting His free offer of grace and pardon through believing in Him as God’s Son, we receive

  His Holy Spirit; He comes to live within our hearts and we become partners, that is, “…co-heirs with Christ…”  What an incredible privilege, and what an awesome responsibility!  As you go through your daily doings, invite your Partner to participate – better yet, invite Him to direct your thoughts, words, and activities.

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